Development policy and economics; Disaster management and humanitarian assistance programs; Policy and institutions in support of sustainable national and regional development; Social, cultural and environmental impacts of large-scale resource development (terrestrial and deep ocean).
Allen Clark previously served Senior Fellow within the Politics, Governance and Security program of the East-West Center's Research Program; Adjunct Professor, Department of Geology and Geophysics--University of Hawaii at Manoa; and Executive Director of the East-West Center/Pacific Disaster Center Managing Partner Cooperative Agreement. He is a founder and former Director-General of the International Institute for Resource Development (IIRD) and Chief and founder of the US Geological Survey’s Office of Resource Analysis. He has served as a consultant for the Agency for International Development, the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, OPEC fund and the United Nations. He has worked directly in over 60 countries as a consultant to numerous national and international aid agencies and private industry. He is the author/co-author of more than 300 technical publications.
Publications:
- Nexus of Resilience and Public Policy in a Modern Risk Society
- Towards the Development of a Regulatory Framework for Polymetallic Nodule Exploitation in "The Area (UN/LOS).
- Social, Cultural and Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters
- Poverty Issues in the Context of an Evolving Asia
- Structural Reform of the Mining Industry in Asia and the Pacific Region
- Managing Minesite and Local Community Issues--The New Reality of Mineral Development